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Photos: Flooding prompts evacuations, closes roads in Arizona

Flash flooding pushed a vehicle onto debris when rising waters overran Skunk Creek on Aug. 19 in New River, Ariz.

Flash flooding pushed a vehicle onto debris when rising waters overran Skunk Creek on Aug. 19 in New River, Ariz.   (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press)

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Downpours in the Phoenix area forced evacuations, closed major roads and left at least a thousand people briefly without power.

Flooding in Arizona

A recreational vehicle sits atop a pickup truck and horse trailer in New River, Ariz.  (Rob Schumacher / Associated Press)

Flash flood in Arizona

A resident of New River, just northwest of Phoenix, gets a tow from a neighbor as they pass a mobile home pushed down Skunk Creek by the storm-induced flooding.   (Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press)

Flood rescue in Arizona

Emergency personnel conduct a swift-water rescue after several residents were trapped inside a mobile home.  (Pat Shannahan / Associated Press)

Arizona flash floods

Vehicles traverse flooded Tatum Boulevard north of Pinnacle Peak Road in Phoenix.   (Rob Schumacher / Associated Press)

Arizona flood rescue

A Tucson Fire Department rescuer uses a ladder truck to help a woman from a car in east Tucson.   (Kelly Presnell / Associated Press)

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